Κοιμίσαι τὸν λύχνον
to put the lamp to bed
Translated by David Whitehead8 Oct 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Nicophon in Pandora [sc. uses the phrase].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κοιμίσαι τὸν λύχνον· Νικοφῶν Πανδώρᾳ.
Betacode
*koimi/sai to\n lu/xnon: *nikofw=n *pandw/ra|.
Notes
- Nicophon fr. 7 Kock, now 15 K.-A. (For this play see also under nu 406.)
For the verb (kappa 2548) in this phrase, an aorist infinitive, see also kappa 2547.
Linked from3 entries
- κ2547Κοιμίσαιto put to bedSophocles [sc. uses this term] in reference to death: "[I call upon] earthly Hermes the guide to put me to bed gently." Also Homer: "he was put to bed in a brazen sleep."
- κ2548ΚοιμῶI go to bed[Meaning] I sleep. But [sc. also attested is] koimi/zw ["I put to bed"]; [used] with an accusative: [meaning] I put a stop to.
- ν406ΝικόφρωνNikophon, NicophonSon of Theron; Athenian, comic poet, contemporary of the comic poet Aristophanes. Amongst his plays are the following: Coming Up from Hades, Origins of Aphrodite, Pandora, Living by their Hands, Sirens.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Dec 2014
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- modified headword phrase, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead